A staff checks the temperature of a man at a hospital in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City on March 16, 2020. Vietnam has confirmed a new case of novel coronavirus infection in its central Ninh Thuan province, bringing the total number in the country to 61, the Ministry of Health said on Monday night. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)
HANOI, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has confirmed a new case of novel coronavirus infection in its central Ninh Thuan province, bringing the total number in the country to 61, the Ministry of Health said on Monday night.
The latest case, the first recorded in the province, is a 42-year-old man who traveled to Malaysia on Feb. 27 and returned to Vietnam on March 4, according to the ministry. He is now being treated at a hospital in Ninh Thuan.
The health ministry reported the new case shortly after it confirmed three other infections in the country earlier on Monday evening.
So far Vietnam has recorded 61 infected cases, with 16 already discharged from hospital after recovery. It has seen 45 new infections, among which 18 are foreign tourists, since March 6.
Vietnam has 102 suspected coronavirus cases while nearly 30,000 others are being monitored as of Monday, according to the health ministry.
